I don't know if everyone knows this, but as a YouTube creator, when you are looking at people's comments on your videos, it will try to auto-suggest things you could say in reply. I assume these replies are AI-generated. They are often spot on, and frankly it's a bit unsettling.

I’m so tired of this

I'm so glad I decided to add the guessing element to my failure compilation. I have learned where 3 of the 4 locations are, and my guesses weren't too bad! I'm pretty sure the last one is going to be WAY OFF though 😅 I'll make a follow-up video as soon as I can!

I posted a geolocation failure compilation today, and this time I decided to do something different: For each location, I'm taking a guess at where it might be, even though I don't know for sure. Once I learn the actual locations, I'm going to calculate a score based on how close / far off I was.

My YouTube Year in Review is convinced I’m a world traveler because I’m watch a lot of city walkthroughs, travel vlogs, etc. More often than not, I’m trying to learn to pronounce a city name or trying to verify what a location oooks like 😝 I felt that this award seemed appropriate, though!

New geolocation video is up - I found this one faster than I expected to! youtu.be/ZcWMGtVT-00 @emaleealice.bsky.social

"CyBeR mOnDaY eNdS tOnIgHt!" Yeah, I know how days works

LAST DAY! Today, Cyber Monday, is your last chance to get josemonkey x Lettering by Karen collab shirts, pint glasses, mugs, stickers, etc. Everything in the Lettering by Karen Collection is 15% off - no code needed! josemonkey.com/store

My Airport Week finale episode is dropping in about 15 minutes on TikTok and YouTube! Four airports! 😮 (It's a long one 😅 )

One of my kids showed me this video of Simon Anthony solving a crazy Sudoku puzzle and his commentary is my favorite part. I love how excited / flabbergasted he is the entire time. (Yes, I know the video is five years old. It's still amazing.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf9...

My next geolocation video for "Airport Week" should be up around 3PM today in the One True Time Zone (i.e., eastern), so let's hope TikTok decides to show it on your fyp! 😅 (It will also be on YouTube, of course.)

So, I just kicked off an airport themed week in my geolocation series, and I was tickled to see that YouTube gave my first airport video one of those dynamic like buttons - it turned into a little airplane! ✈️ It pleases me immensely 😝

People have been asking me about the new YouTube "hype" feature and whether it helps me. Short answer: Yes, please do it. If you want a slightly longer answer (including why it's kinda sus), I wrote up a brief explainer. (FYI: This post is on my Patreon, but it's available for free.)

New #geolocation video is up! youtu.be/lyFIGZytZdU

So, I don't know who might want to know this, but I set up a Facebook page. I got tired of all of the imposter accounts posting my content there 😅 Anyway, if you (or a boomer you know) watches reels on Facebook, this account is actually me, hence the URL www.facebook.com/actually.jos...

I had a dream last night where I realized it was a dream because of some detail that didn’t make sense, and when I woke up it occurred to me that I was out here debunking my dream like it was an AI video 😝 Guys, what if dreams are just AI slop? 🤔

I posted a new #geolocation video and in the first 30 minutes the engagement on YouTube is beating the hell out of my TikTok numbers -despite the fact that I have 1.9M followers on TikTok and fewer than 30K subs on YouTube. Make it make sense, TikTok. 😡

Is it just me, or does Strands sound as if it’s being a bit insincere - sarcastic even? - with its opening remarks? 😅 “Fine, play another game. See if I care. Would it kill you to call your mother once in a while?”

I know that only the super fans like these recap videos, but here's the season 3 wrap-up youtu.be/SsYdK6gQIOc

The Season 3 finale of my #geolocation series is now available! This search was crazy, and it took me FOREVER to find this place youtu.be/4qf5hqdhaGs #OSINT

I just found a place I've been looking for for a long time. I can't believe I found it. I'm thinking this one might need to be the Season 3 finale 😝 Watch for that some time this week. #geolocation

Today is my TikTok anniversary - I posted my very first geolocation video on TikTok three years ago today!

One of my kids just sent me this 😂

Easy Halloween Costume ideas from me & Chad

I couldn’t do that again if I tried Wordle 1,569 3/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I knew that no matter what the solution to today’s Connections was, the NYT was going to do Zoom dirty somehow 😆 Connections Puzzle #843 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

I'm just sayin: I simply do not believe Instagram is as bad at detecting nudity as it pretends to be. I think they let that shit slide on purpose.

You’ve probably seen it before: Lowe’s and Home Depot, sitting right next to each other. But why? I asked @josemonkey.com to figure out how often these rivals cluster in real life. The answer may surprise you, but the explanation goes back nearly 100 years. www.mondayeconomist.com/p/josemonkey

In an upcoming video, and I talk about Lowe's and Home Depot being competitors. I was playing around w/different silly visuals to put on-screen for that part, and I got the crazy idea to make a Clash Royale style battle screen. I decided not to use it for the video, but here it is 😝

TikTok has been burying my videos lately, so here's a quick recap for some you may have missed www.patreon.com/posts/icymi-...

For a while now, I have avoided doing #geolocation videos when the person who submitted the video is driving. First, that's unsafe. Second, TikTok will flag my video as showing unsafe activity. (Go figure.)

New #behindthescenes video is available for paid members on Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/behind...

My old ass iPhone cannot be updated to iOS 26. My old ass MacBook cannot be updated to macOS 26. My slightly newer Mac mini (2020), can *technically* be upgraded to Tahoe, but I bet I don't have enough free storage for it. So, I guess I'll be using iOS 18 and Sequoia for the foreseeable future 🤷‍♂️

I'm so frustrated rn. I just found a location that somebody asked me to find, but after I did I noticed that somebody said exactly where it is in the comments on their video. Which basically means I can't use it now. Nobody's going to believe me that I didn't use that to find it 🤷‍♂️

“FIT CHECK FOR MY NAPALM ERA” - me, in the grocery store parking lot at 11:38am

Ooh, new #Connections badges are so shiny 😆

Microwaves are awesome if you ever wished you could time travel to find out what the last thing you reheated in it smelled like. Like a little smemory time capsule for leftovers.

Guess who’s verified on TikTok? Not me! 😫 I have requested verification eight (!) times over the last couple years, and I’ve seen the rejection message every time. So I decided to make it into a t-shirt 🤷‍♂️

Red herring almost got me today 😅 Connections Puzzle #818 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Patreon members - live stream tomorrow! www.patreon.com/posts/join-m...

I stg it should be illegal to have a theme word in Strands that spans the board and is NOT the spangram. Right to jail. Strands #546 “Up the hill” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Me: It’s ok if I don’t learn the Korean lyrics. Nobody: Absolutely no one: Me: OKAY FINE

So the real question is how much Kpop Demon Hunters can I listen to between now and Oct 3rd, and what will the impact on my Spotify Wrapped be? 😝

My YouTube channel reached 27k subscribers recently, so that was kinda cool 😊 Idk if that channel will ever be as big as my TikTok, but I’m still glad people enjoying watching there, too.

New #geolocation video is up! #OSINT youtu.be/98F403jOblg

I cannot even fathom how they could miss the mark this badly. Do I look like a good person to sell people a hair curler?

I just found a place from a video that someone sent me that was VERY tricky to find. The video showed almost no clues. And the primary clue I ended up using to find it was pretty ridiculous 🤪 I can't wait to share it with you guys. #geolocation

There is a new account impersonating me on TikTok and contacting my followers. I report these accounts, and TikTok never does anything. And they won’t verify me, to give me even that one half-assed tool to try to stop this sort of thing. What the hell, man?

No, Connections, I do not want a hint. Ever. How dare you?

ICYMI: My friend Karen (aka, Lettering by Karen) made a fancy new find me sign and asked me to find her again... so I did!